Ta DA! Here it is - Lonely Planet's respectful nod to Dartmouth, created by the Two if by Sea cafe, a humble little spot directly across the street from the local soup kitchen, where a long line was already forming. The ambiguity did not escape me but I bought it anyway and carried it all the way back to Halifax in its greasy little paper bag. Yes, it was worth it, every last buttery crumb and melty bit of chocolate, worth the long walks ahead and the scolding that I have to give that girl in the mirror with icing sugar dusting her chin.
The ferry ride to Dartmouth is actually an extension of their bus transit system, it runs every 15 minutes from downtown Halifax and is a really pleasant and inexpensive cruise that affords nice views of the Halifax skyline. If you're only staying in Dartmouth for 90 minutes (believe me, that's plenty of time) then the trip back is free and at $2.50 round trip, it's a steal. So what if the croissant was nearly double that!
It's a pretty little spot, Dartmouth, with a nice park on the harbour, a tiny business sector and a lot of hills. You could smell alyssum everywhere! Today the temperature has zoomed up to the mid 20s and after sweating our way up and down several of those hills we were only too happy to reboard the ferry and head back to Hali and our sunny patio deck, with a quick stop at the grog shop for some cold Schooner beer first. Shoes off and toes in the sun, this is the life.
Tomorrow we will pack up and leave this beautiful little house and make our way to PEI via ferry. Kind of funny - it is free to travel to PEI no matter how you get there - ferry or the Confederation Bridge. You are only charged when it is time to leave. Now that's good marketing! We are booked into a gothic-looking heritage B&B in Charlottetown which will be quite the change from our comfy cottage (see the POD below). Apparently breakfast is served by candlelight. What do you bet it will be chocolate croissants.... gack.
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